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27 January 2010

Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly Recommendation on respect for the media

 

26 October 2009

Report on European media

 

11 September 2009

Report to the Council of Europe on media and discrimination

 

30 May 2009

Breakthrough in defence of media freedom in face of harsh anti-terrorism laws

 

1 May 2009

AEJ/UNESCO World Press Freedom Day Debate 2009

 

25 November 2008

AEJ writes to Armenian President Sarkissian in protest at assaults on journalists

 

7 October 2008

Message to Russian journalists on the second anniversary of the murder of Anna Politkovskaya

 

6 October 2008

Evidence on communication by government submitted to House of Lords Committee by William Horsley

 

15 August 2008

"Every Human Has Rights" Media Awards: Internews celebrates Universal Declaration of Human Rights 60th anniversary

 

 

 

AEJ lunchtime meetings are open to non-members. They are usually held at the London office of the European Parliament, 2 Queen Anne's Gate, London SW1, and follow a questions and answers format. The meetings cost £20 a head.

 

Arrangements may vary and details will be sent out by email before each event. If you have not received the notice, please register your interest in the two weeks preceding the event by emailing the Secretary on margaret@aej-uk.org

 

2 September 2010

Mr Maajid Nawaz

Co-founder and co-director of the Quilliam Foundation, the world's first counter-terrorism think tank, Mr Nawaz was previously a leading member of Hizb ut-Tahrir, the global Islamist party. While serving a 4-year sentence in an Egyptian prison, he changed his views and renounced Islamist ideology. He is now a powerful voice for traditional Islam and inclusive politics. Publication of his latest work, Islamism: The Last Man-Made Ideology, is expected soon

www.quilliamfoundation.org

 

29 September 2010

Mr Marc Otte

Ambassador Otte has been EU Special Representative for the Middle East Peace Process since 2003. His role includes working with the EU's partners in the Quartet and coordinating the EU's active programmes on the ground. These include two ESDP missions, border assistance at the Rafah crossing and helping the Palestinian Territories in police reform. Mr Otte was Belgium's Ambassador to Israel in the 1990s before transferring to the EU Council in 1999. His earlier career with the Belgian Foreign Service included postings in the US and Zaire.

www.consilium.europa.eu

 

 

 

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